e male is usually yellow and buff instead
of pure white, as in the common form, but exceedingly variable in tint
and markings.
5. EPICHNOPTERYX RETICELLA. Sheerness, Gravesend, and other localities
along the Thames (1847); Hayling Island, Sussex.
6. E. pulla, _var._ RADIELLA. Near London, rare (1830?); the species in
Central and Southern Europe. (Doubtfully peculiar in Mr. Stainton's
opinion.) {348}
NOCTUAE.
7. Acronycta euphorbiae, _var._ MYRICAE. Scotland only (1852). A
melanic form of a continental species.
8. AGROTIS SUBROSEA. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire fens, perhaps
extinct (1835). The _var._ _subcaerulea_ is found in Finland and
Livonia.
9. Agrotis candelarum _var._ ASHWORTHII. South and West (1855).
Distinct and not uncommon.
10. Luperina luteago, _var._ BARRETTI. Ireland (1864).
11. Aporophyla australis, _var._ PASCUEA. South of England (1830). A
variety of a species otherwise confined to South Europe.
12. Hydraecia nictitans, _var._ PALUDRIS.
GEOMETRAE.
13. Boarmia gemmaria, _var._ PERFUMARIA. Near London and elsewhere. A
large dark variety of a common species.
14. *B. repandata, _var._ SODORENSIUM. Outer Hebrides.
15. *Emmelesia albulata, _var._ HEBRIDIUM. Outer Hebrides.
16. *E. albulata, _var._ THULES. Shetland Islands.
17. *Melanippe montanata, _var._ SHETLANDICA. Shetland Islands.
18. *M. sociata, _var._ OBSCURATA. Outer Hebrides. A dark form.
19. Cidaria albulata, _var._ GRISEATA. East of England (1835). A
variety of a species otherwise confined to Central and Southern Europe.
20. EUPITHECIA CONSTRICTATA.. Widely spread, but local (1835). Larva on
thyme.
21. *E. satyrata, _var._ CURZONI. N. Scotland.
22. *E. nanata _var._ CURZONI. Shetland Islands.
PYRALIDINA.
23. Aglossa pinguinalis, _var._ STREATFIELDI. Mendip Hills (1830). A
remarkable variety of the common "tabby."
24. *Scoparia cembrae, _var._ SCOTICA. Scotland (1872).
25. *Myelois ceratoniae, _var._ PRYERELLA. North London (1871).
26. *Howoeosoma nimbella, _var._ SAXICOLA. England, Scotland, Isle of
Man (1871).
27. *Epischnia bankesiella. Isle of Portland (1888).
TORTRICINA.
28. APHELIA NIGROVITTANA. Scotland (1852). A local form of the
generally distributed _A. lanceolana_.
29. GRAPHOLITA PARVULANA.
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